Me as a Couch
I am not a linear thinker. But I believe that the more we can understand ourselves, the more we can easily find points of connection and collaboration with others. And I’ve become obsessed with the notion over the last year that the best way to understand someone is from the following question:
“If you were a couch, what type of couch would you be?”
(What type? What fabric? What color? How many people can it sit?
What activities are happening on the couch? What is the couch surrounded by? What is the setting? What music is playing? Is it inside or outside? What is the lighting?)
Me as a couch would be a 1970s De Sede Terrazza sofa with enough seats for 6 people in varying conversation formations. Sleek and elegant but unconventional. Natural but architectural. It would be moss green - maybe thick velvet or sheepskin or mongolian wool - something that you can sink into and have the feeling that you’re lying on a hillside of grass but cozier. I love to be warm and I love to snuggle so my couch would have a variety of weights of blankets and pillows for optimal coziness. There would be books and art projects scattered around and of course, plenty of snacks. Ideally, the couch would be outside on a grassy knoll next to the beach with crashing waves nearby. It would be shaded under a tree whose canopy looks like a kaleidoscope of butterflies. It is surrounded by flowers, birds (definitely parrots), and butterflies. It is perfectly positioned to take in a beautiful sunset and there is a firepit nearby for when it gets dark and the stars come out.